Officials say the unemployment rate is up in all the state's 12 metropolitan areas.
Rockford had the highest unemployment rate at 8.8 percent in September. The northern Illinois city also had the biggest unemployment jump, a 3 percent increase from September 2007.
Second-highest was Kankakee-Bradley with 8.5 percent, followed by Danville, in east-central Illinois, with 8.4 percent.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Friday, October 24, 2008
State: Unemployment up in all Illinois cities
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